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Killnet: From Inception to Russian Hacktivist Voice #shorts

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Just three months after its start, Killnet pledged allegiance to Russia and began attacking Ukraine and its allies. How a simple group became a major player in the cyberwarfare landscape. #bsidesfrankfurt #bsides #bsidesfra #AlexHolden #Killnet #CyberWarfare
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this uh didn't go unnoticed uh and uh just 3 months after beginning uh of its existence uh on a day before the Russian invasion into uh Ukraine in 2022, Kilnet actually changes its tune. It declares its allegiance to the Russian government uh and it uh be uh becomes a voice of um Russian uh activists across Russia. Tunet actually goes much further and at um just in May of uh 2022 starts attacking not only Ukrainian targets but anybody who would support Ukraine. This is uh interesting and unusual and it starts growing its following on telegram and other places where it advertises for a number of interesting reasons. Kill it uh in its ranks uh not only enveloping

activists uh and hackers from Russia but it's actually inviting into its ranks previously unprecedented number of individuals simply who did not consider themselves hackers in the